White Balance
My very first entry in this phototip series looked at creative white balance. A few people have written to me requesting a basic description of white balance, so here goes.
Top of the Pops
Both as a personal exercise in creativity and as a theme for a competition, putting together a series of photographs that are based on the song titles on a favorite album is a lot of fun. There are a number of ways you can go about it, so let’s look at a few. They all [...]
In The Pit – Basic Tips For The Concert Photographer
You have three songs. Sometimes two. No control over the lighting. So how do you get great shots during a live concert? Start out with your camera set to RAW, meter set to spot and white balance on auto and a fairly high ISO. Before we continue, professional photographers as well as those who aspire [...]
Slideshows
Music | Diplo – Images by Craig Ferguson When I was about 5 or 6 years old, my grandparents took a trip to Britain. I remember they came back with lots of slides and it became a regular feature of trips to their place during school holidays and so forth to have a slide show. [...]
Shoot the Audience
As someone who makes part of my income from shooting live music I notice that one of the most common requests I get from bands and promoters is for crowd shots. In many ways, it’s in the audience that the popularity of a band and the quality of their music is most apparent. I’m a [...]
Back to the Circus – The Deadly Vibes
This past weekend saw Taiwan’s favorite dirty rock and roll band The Deadly Vibes bring the RockNRoll Circus back to town. With two shows, one on Friday in Taichung and one on Saturday in Taipei, it was a much anticipated event. They got me in to shoot their set at the VU Livehouse in Ximending [...]
Five For Friday – MoneyShot Horns
This weekend is set to be a busy one in the enetertainment sphere here in Taiwan, with the Rock N Roll Circus taking place on Friday in Taichung and Saturday in Taipei, as well as Yo La Tengo performing on Saturday. So with that in mind, this weeks 5 is taken from a gig I [...]
Pre-opening the Taipei Deaflympics
A few months ago, the IOC-sanctioned Deaflympics made its first trip to Asia with Taipei hosting the 2009 summer games. Excluding the Olympics themselves, the Deaflympics are the longest running multi-sport event in the world, having been held every four years since 1924 when the first games were held in Paris. For Taiwan, it marked [...]
Back To Music
Headed out on the weekend to see a couple of friends’ bands. One of them, New Hong Kong Hair City, I’ve seen before, the other, The Green Machine, a side project for JT from The Deadly Vibes, were playing their first show. I wasn’t really out there with the intention of shooting the music, but [...]
A Moving Sound – Visual Music
First up today, for the folks in Taipei it’s Photowalk time again. This Sunday 15th, we’ll meet around 3-3:30pm near the temple on Dihua St for a casual photowalk. There’s plenty to shoot in the area, from fabric markets to Chinese medicine to spice markets and dry goods. Should be a fun afternoon – I [...]
A Moving Sound
Described by National Geographic’s Tom Pryor as “one of the most original outfits working in the world music arena today”, local multi-cultural performance group A Moving Sound released their third CD, Starshine, last weekend with two concerts at the Red Theater, in Ximending, Taipei. Fresh from a recent tour of Europe, Starshine explores the souls [...]
Rock N Blues @ Underworld
Time for a bit of live music. Last weekend The Deadly Vibes returned to the stage at Underworld in Shi-da, Taipei. Underworld is a small, dark, smokey basement club that’s perfect for dirty rock n roll. Joining them in his first Taipei performance was one-man blues extraordinaire Jack Conqueroo. Hailing from Louisiana, Jack now calls [...]
BoPoMoFo @ Roxy Roots
Blues lovers finally have a place in Taipei to call their own, with the recent opening of Roxy Roots. Located in the heart of Taipei’s Xinyi district, Roxy Roots is dedicated to blues, reggae and other roots music, and local Chicago-blues style band BoPoMoFo took to the stage on Saturday to play a blistering couple [...]
Five For Friday – Noel Gallagher
A few months ago, I covered the Oasis “Live Forever” tour of Taiwan for Hinoter magazine. Issue number 37 is now available (Chinese only) in Taiwan which carries the interview we did with Noel Gallagher as well as a few live shots. Noel was generous with his time, giving us a good half an hour [...]
Urban Nomad Last Day @ Taipei
Urban Nomad film festival closed its 2009 edition at an abandoned train warehouse next to Taipei Artist Village. Kicking things off with a screening of Sleeping Nights Awake, a black and white documentary on Sonic Youth, the event ended with electronic due KbN, fresh from SXSW and new Taiwanese band Boys and Girl. All in [...]
Urban Nomad featuring Bob Log III
The Urban Nomad film festival is once again on in Taipei and they kicked things off with a party on April 25th. With some short films to start, the highlight of the night was a performance by one man band Bob Log III, playing his version of delta blues. More after the jump. Tomorrow, being [...]
Big City Rock @ VU Livehouse
The Deadly Vibes, Blue Trucks and New Hong Kong Hair City brought their individual flavors of rock to VU Livehouse in Ximending last weekend in a highly anticipated triple bill, and one of the last Taipei shows for the Deadly Vibes before their upcoming European tour.
Oasis @ Nangang, Taipei
English rock band Oasis brought their “Live Forever” tour to Taiwan on April 3rd, with a show at the Nangang exhibition center. I was shooting for Hi Noter magazine and Straight Music. Here are a few images from the night. [singlepic id=210 w=500] Noel Gallagher [singlepic id=215 w=500] Oasis on stage [singlepic id=211 w=500] Liam [...]
The Deadly Vibes @ Rock N Roll Circus
Following Rock In Hose, The Deadly Vibes took to the stage. Blasting out a highly energetic set of down and dirty rock n roll, they blew the roof off the place. The way they ran about the stage you’d have thought they were playing in an arena instead of the small stage in a basement [...]
Rock In Hose @ Rock N Roll Circus
Rock In Hose took the stage at Rock N Roll Circus after Full House. Self described as “a new burlesque troupe based in Taipei with a focus on putting the come back in comedy, the ho back in hose, and the form back in performance”, Rock In Hose were playing their first Taipei show, and [...]
Full House @ Rock N Roll Circus
Rockabilly band Full House took the stage first at the Rock N Roll Circus, held last weekend in Taiwan. The Taipei show was at VU Livehouse in front of an enthusiastic crowd. After a brief delay due to technical problems, the three-piece ripped into a blistering set and got the party started.
Moneyshot Horns @ VU Livehouse
Hitting the stage after Spacefunk‘s great set at VU Livehouse, the Moneyshot Horns quickly had the crowd dancing. Regularly venturing into the crowd, singer Dooley Candler’s charismatic stage presence, combined with a tight rhythm section and brassy horns, delighted the crowd. Words don’t really do it justice, so I’ll leave you with the pictures. Shooting [...]
Spacefunk @ VU Livehouse
After their gig at Bliss a couple of weeks ago, Spacefunk returned to the stage at VU Livehouse in Ximending, Taipei. Supporting the Moneyshot Horns (photos coming later this week), Spacefunk kicked things off close to midnight with their blend of funky electro tunes. I’ll let the pictures do the talking for now – don’t [...]
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